LEWENSLIG: WORSHIP
Every morning, Lewenslig have an hour of devotion. After scripture reading and prayer they have a time of worship. They sing songs kids are taught in primary school so that they can understand and remember them better.
Last month they had a fund-raising evening. Other schools and drama clubs came to sing, dance and perform. Lewenslig also had an opportunity during the show to sing their songs for the audience and they sang with their whole heart.
They had to sit at the back of the school hall because some of them often have to go the bathroom. It was also easier to control them from the there.
Some of the schools did worship dancing (dancing/miming to the words of a praise and worship song) with beautiful white dresses and huge flags.
The worship dancers closed the evening with a beautiful song by Juanita du Plessis, called ‘Ons Koning kom.’ The song basically says that Jesus is our king and he is coming for us. As soon as the song started, I could see the excitement building up in the Lewenslig people. They sang that song out loud without caring who was watching them! They started clapping their hands and waving them up in the air, and jumping up and down as they worshiped.
The audience never saw them because their eyes were on the dancers, but if they had turned around there wouldn’t have been a dry eye.
That night I saw raw worship; praising God because he is their one and only strength.
I can testify about it. When the cerebral palsy gets the better of my body or when I feel like I’m going into deep depression, I know that Jesus is the only one who understands me at that moment and that he can lead me out of that place.
My disabilities are never going to disappear, but whenever they do get the better of me, I call for Strength!
By Deon Labuschagne
Vista Clinic Happiness HELPS Ambassador
